Patient-Centered Measurement: Ethics, Epistemology, and Dialogue in Contemporary Medicine - Hardcoverby Leah M. McClimans (Author) Contemporary medicine is Janus faced. Evidence based medicine is one face, emphasizing evidence, statistics, and method. Patient centered care is the other, prioritizing patient experiences, judgement, and values. Government agencies, policy makers, major insurers and clinicians have sought ways to bring these approaches together, and the questionnaires that patients must fill out at the doctor's office or hospital are